"Commentary from P.M. Carpenter"

November 23, 2012

What denial looks like

Plucky? Or pinheaded?

Several [tea party] groups already are setting their sights on 2014 congressional races, in which they plan to promote their preferred candidates and hope to weed out Republicans they consider insufficiently conservative....

"This was a very difficult year," said [the] founder of the Virginia Federation of Tea Party Patriots. "But in many ways, we are stronger than ever."

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What denial looks like

Plucky? Or pinheaded?

Several [tea party] groups already are setting their sights on 2014 congressional races, in which they plan to promote their preferred candidates and hope to weed out Republicans they consider insufficiently conservative....

"This was a very difficult year," said [the] founder of the Virginia Federation of Tea Party Patriots. "But in many ways, we are stronger than ever."